The Council for Economic Education is pleased to offer free professional development webinars for teachers nationwide. The webinars cover multiple topics on how to integrate personal finance and economics in the classroom and create a fun learning experience for your students.

When you attend the webinar(s), you will leave with relevant lessons, resources and tools that can be implemented the next day. If you are interested, but cannot attend the live webinar, please register to get access to the archived version.

Inflation Data: Is the Economy Healthy? This lesson focuses specifically on inflation data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and available on the St. Louis Fedís FRED data website. Students will learn what the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures, what an inflation rate is, and then conduct an analysis of the current inflation rate relative to the Federal Reserveís inflation target to make an assessment of the current economyís health.